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Es*teem", n. [Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.] 1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.

Most dear in the esteem And poor in worth!

Shak.

I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave.

J. Webster.

2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.

Shak.

Syn. -- See Estimate, n.

Es*teem"a*ble (?), a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

Es*teem"er (?), n. One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.

The proudest esteemer of his own parts.

Locke.

Es"ter (?), n. [A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German chemist.] (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Es*the`si*om"e*ter (?), n. Same as Æsthesiometer.

Es"thete (?), n.; Es*thet"ic (&?;), a., Es*thet"ic*al (&?;), a., Es*thet"ics (&?;), n. etc. Same as Æsthete, Æsthetic, Æsthetical, Æsthetics, etc.

Es*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. aestifer; aestus fire + ferre to bear.] Producing heat. [R.] Smart.

Es"ti*ma*ble (?), a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.] 1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .

2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]

A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.

Shak.

3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.

A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable.

Sir W. Temple.

Es"ti*ma*ble (?), n. A thing worthy of regard. [R.]

One of the peculiar estimables of her country.

Sir T. Browne.

Es"ti*ma*ble*ness, n. The quality of deserving esteem or regard.